Everything we thought we knew about PLUTO is wrong. The New Horizons satellite is the first human-made device to capture detailed images of the distant orb and it’s moon. Early analysis suggests that it isn’t a dead astroid; Pluto appears to be very much an Active Planet (with water, methane and more), which means that most existing theories in planetary thermodynamics are probably wrong.

One of the great un-solved challenges of Virtual Reality is your Inner Ear (those two things that help you stay upright and hear things). A VR system is pounding your visual cortex with information telling your body that you’re, say, riding a bike or hurdling through space or falling off a cliff. But that doesn’t bring your inner ear along for the ride. The mismatch created causes dizziness. Sometimes gross levels of dizziness. That’s a super long winded way of introducing you to a hilarious video in which the intrepid reports from Ars Technica try out all the VR rigs from E3 this year.

Google’s Advanced Tech and Projects team (ATAP) continue to create amazing things: Project Soli is an interaction sensor that could change everything, and Project Jacquard may be the first scalable advance in smart textiles and clothing. Why’d I say scalable? They already have apartnership with Levi’s.